Polkadot Digest 17 Feb 2023

Polkadot News

With three days left in the current parachain auction, Hashed Network has been in the lead the entire Ending Period. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Referendum 101, approving a Wasm smart contracts bounty, is passing with 99.1% in favor and 10 days left to vote. Approval of Wasm Smart Contracts Bounty - bounty 19 | Polkassembly

Referendum 103, a public proposal to unbrick the Zeitgeist parachain, is failing with 71% in favor. Note that the Zeitgeist team has asked people to vote against this Referendum. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referendum/103

Referendum 104, a fast-tracked, Council-backed version of Referendum 103, is passing with 98% in favor and 7 days left to vote. Unbrick Zeitgeist Parachain | Polkassembly

Referendum 105, proposing to update system parachains to runtime v9370, is passing almost unanimously with 12 days left to vote. Upgrade System Parachains to v9370 | Polkassembly

Note that Referenda 104 and 105 were fast-tracked by the Technical Committee. If passed, they will execute shortly afterwards. Web3 and Polkadot - Polkadot Wiki

Kusama News

A new parachain lease auction has begun. Parathread ID 2259 is currently in the lead, with the Ending Period beginning in 19 hours. Polkadot/Substrate Portal

Referendum 101, proposing the Kusama parachain lease auction schedule for the rest of 2023, is up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #101

Referendum 97, proposing to clean up the Tips queue in several ways, is currently up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #97

Referendum 100, proposing curators for the Spanish language content bounty, is currently up for vote. Polkassembly - Referendum #100